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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the perfect Cinderella story for one student?

2. Where does Gruwell student teaching?

3. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?

4. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?

5. What are the students inspired to do after reading the diaries?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Diary 46, why does a student's father dislike her best friend?

2. Why does Zlata highly respect and admire Gruwell?

3. Why did Zlata begin writing a diary and how did her diary evolve?

4. What do the students do when they play the peanut game?

5. As described in Chapter 1, why does a student get a gun to protect him/herself?

6. Why is the summer before the sophomore year the worst ever for one student?

7. Who is Miep Gies?

8. Why is Gruwell stereotyped by some of the other teachers?

9. Why does Renee Firestone's story affect one student?

10. Because of the Read-a-Thon for Tolerance, why is Zlata invited to speak to the class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the spring semester of 1996, Tommy makes a statement: "They say America is the 'Land of the Free and home of the Brave,' but what's so free about a land where people get killed?" What does Tommy mean by this statement? What examples does he give to demonstrate what he means by this statement? Why does Tommy make this statement? What is he comparing when he makes this statement?

Essay Topic 2

What does it mean "World peace is only a dream because people won't allow themselves and others around them to simply be peanuts"? Explain the meaning of the phrase, and why a student compares people to peanuts. How do peanuts compare to people? What happens if people are allowed to be peanuts? What does people living in harmony have to do with the appearance of peanuts?

Essay Topic 3

Zlata says during her visit that the Bosnian Children become "soldiers" and the soldiers became "children". What does Zlata mean by that statement? What happens to children during a war? How do soldiers behave when trying to achieve their goals? How are the roles reversed?

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